The effects of sympathectomy on capsaicin-evoked fos expression of spinal dorsal horn GABAergic neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 958, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 322-329

  Zou, Xiaoju ^a   Lin, Qing ^a   Willis, William D ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Fos; GABAergic neuron; Neurogenic inflammation; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STAINING; SYMPATHECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; MALE; NEURONS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 0037184688     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03621-1     Document Type: Article

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